Big Daddy Wilson - Smiling All Day Long

Album: Smiling All Day Long
Size: 133,7 MB
Time: 57:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2025
Styles: Blues/Roots
Art: Front

1. Smiling All Day Long (4:30)
2. Hard Times Done Come (3:08)
3. Lulabelle (4:20)
4. Way Down South (4:15)
5. Still Counting Down (5:00)
6. She Don't Love Me No More (3:15)
7. Walking (3:11)
8. Can We Live In Peace (5:19)
9. By Your Side (4:43)
10. My Imagination (4:24)
11. Old School (1:22)
12. Trying To Find My Way Home (3:58)
13. I Want Jesus To Walk With Me (3:42)
14. Anna Mae (6:44)

Big Daddy Wilson, the well-respected North Carolina-born bluesman, who made his name on the European scene with acclaimed albums like "Love Is The Key" (2009), "Thumb A Ride" (2011), "I’m Your Man" (2013), "Time" (2015), "Neck Bone Stew" (2017), "Deep In My Soul" (2019) and most recently "Hard Time Blues" and "Plan B" has walked a winding road to finally come to record "Smiling All Day Long".

With the release of "Deep In My Soul" in 2019, Daddy Wilson felt his music and career had come full-circle in style. "I see it as a journey", he said of his incredible backstory. "It’s the journey of a man who found himself deep in this beautiful music called the blues and finally, after 25 years, made it back home". But the road did not end there, and Wilson’s new album is taking things even a few steps further: "Smiling All Day Long" presents his producing and songwriting talents in a more versatile set of songs than ever before. Three times Grammy nominee Eric Bibb and award winning blues icon Hans Theessink are also featured on the album. /Bluestown Music

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Big Daddy Wilson & The Goosebumps Bros. - Plan B

Size: 213 MB
Time: 34:19
File: Flac
Released: 2023
Styles: blues
Art: Front

1. Rise And Shine (4:13)
2. Faith (3:51)
3. Great Day In The Morning (3:11)
4. Sometimes I Cry (3:31)
5. All On Me (3:37)
6. Dance Little Momma (2:54)
7. Marry Me (4:41)
8. Relax And Let Go (3:41)
9. I Need You (4:37)

PLAN B according to Big Daddy Wilson “I thought it would be cool to have an album and call it ‘Plan B’ because of the my name. Also , the title Plan B has a double meaning. When you’re doing business, you always need a Plan B. Most of the songs of this album were written during the Covid 19 Lockdown time. And because of that, we thought about releasing a digital album. The plan was to do this album with my band “The Goosebumps Bros“. This would be the first joint album that I produced with my band and the first digital only album. But things changed again, and there will also be a CD and vinyl release of the album. And this is another reason why we called it Plan B. Our first plan was changed due to the circumstances of life / business. So now we’re definitely running with the name Plan B You know, sometimes Plan B is even better than the first plan, and this is definitely the case with this album. The songs for Plan B are written and composed by myself and The Goosebumps Bros.. Songs of soul, blues, roots and life. Songs that will strengthen your faith. Our goal is to make you smile. Hope you will enjoy listening to our Plan B. I am very happy with this Plan B.

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Big Daddy Wilson - Hard Time Blues (Instrumentals)

Size: 121.7 MB
Time: 52:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

01. Yazoo City (Instrumental) (4:03)
02. The City Streets (Ps.23) (Instrumental) (4:32)
03. Hard Time Blues (Instrumental) (4:57)
04. Poor Black Children (Instrumental) (3:47)
05. Meatballs (Instrumental) (2:56)
06. He Cares For Me (Instrumental) (4:21)
07. Dearly Beloved (Instrumental) (5:56)
08. New Born (Instrumental) (3:31)
09. I Can't Help But Love You (Instrumental) (3:46)
10. A Letter (Instrumental) (3:58)
11. Maybe It's Time (Instrumental) (3:33)
12. Testimony (Instrumental) (3:00)
13. He Cares For Me (Remix) (Instrumental) (3:53)

An ex-pat American born in Edenton, N.C., Big Daddy Wilson has been a star on the European acoustic blues scene in the ‘80s, but came full circle to his roots in 2019 with Deep in My Soul, a stellar, all-electric effort that proved his prowess in that format, too. He continues that journey with this powerful CD, venturing into territory he’s never gone before with a mixed-media set of originals infused with contemporary themes and deep religious overtones.

Born Adam Wilson Blount on Aug. 19, 1960, Big Daddy grew up in poverty, sang in the church and quit school at age 16 to join the Army. Despite having been raised in the heart of Piedmont blues country, he didn’t discover the music until adulthood in Germany, where he quickly won over audiences with his original tunes at jams.

Released on the Netherlands-based Continental Blue Heaven imprint, this is Wilson’s 13th album, which includes two early CDs on Germany’s Ruf imprint, stops at four more European labels – DixieFrog, Phamosa, Crossroads and New Music Distribution – before returning to Ruf for his four latest albums, the most recent of which was produced by Grammy winner Jim Gaines in Alabama.

Hard Time Blues was recorded in England, Sweden, Germany and Italy under the direction of Glen Scott, a multi-instrumentalist who also contributes drums, bass, organ, keys and electric guitar. A powerful, emotive baritone, Big Daddy shines on vocals in a set that includes appearances from perennial Blues Music Award honoree Eric Bibb.

While Wilson is an accomplished guitarist in his own right, he only picks up the six-string on one tune here, leaving those responsibilities to Scott, Bibb, Stefan Astner, Christer Lyssarides, Mike Titre and Cesare Nolli, who also doubles on banjo. Rounding out the roster are Klaus Grossert (harp), Nicolo Taccori (drums), Enzo Messina (piano) and Shaneeka Simon, Paolo Legramandi and Enzo Messina on backing vocals.

Big Daddy penned 11 of the 13 tracks, and Bibb contributed the two others, including “Yazoo City,” which opens the action with images of the Delta and describes almost losing his mind along with everything else after a levee break inundates the community and forces the singer to make a new life elsewhere. The search continues in “The City Street (Ps. 23),” which percolates from the jump as it intersperses Bible verses with a description of traveling down a lonely road.

The soulful title tune, the ballad “Hard Time Blues,” is another Bibb creation that continues the message forward, this time with images of Hurricane Katrina and the struggling humanity left in its wake while “Poor Black Children” is a stripped-down, gospel- and field-holler send-up that describes the kids toiling in the fields under a blazing sun as it insists that “all God’s children come from the same oak tree.”
Beginning with a medium-tempo, half-sung, half spoken intro, the mood brightens with “Meatballs,” a medium-paced love song that features Shaneeka sharing vocals. Big Daddy announces he’s on his way home with a hankering for collard greens and steak, but she replies that she’s got something else simmering on the stove. Images of growing up in poverty go hand-in-hand with deep faith in the spiritual, “He Cares for Me,” before the touching, soulful “Dearly Beloved” mourns the loss of a love eternal at the woman’s funeral.

The sweet ballad, “New Born,” celebrates the entry of a boy into the world and the love that created it, a theme that continues in the slow shuffle, “I Can’t Help but Love You,” before sounds of the Delta return in “A Letter,” which offers up a prayer to end racism. Three more tunes with deep spiritual messages — “Maybe It’s Time,” “Testimony” and “He Cares for Me (remix)” – bring the album to an inspirational close.

Big Daddy Wilson deserves far more attention in his homeland than he receives. This disc is an emotion-packed treasure. Give this one a spin. You’ll agree. ~Marty Gunther

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Hans Theessink & Big Daddy Wilson - Pay Day

Size: 130.9 MB
Time: 55:40
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Art: Full

01. Everybody Ought To Treat A Stranger Right (2:46)
02. Walking (2:58)
03. Pay Day (3:18)
04. Little Nora Maj (2:19)
05. Vintage Red Wine (5:02)
06. I Got Plenty (4:00)
07. Virus Blues (3:35)
08. Hard Time Killing Floor (4:06)
09. Denomination Blues (3:26)
10. Ballerina (2:49)
11. Old Man Trouble (4:08)
12. Who's Dat Knocking (3:46)
13. Build Myself A Home (2:57)
14. Hurry Hurry (2:56)
15. Train (4:00)
16. Roll With The Punches (3:24)

Hans Theessink and Big Daddy Wilson are charismatic entertainers and soulful performers that have made a name for themselves as musicians and songwriters. Both Theessink and Wilson are very popular performers on the blues & roots circuit. Both have many albums to their name.
PAY DAY is their first duo album. Hans Theessink is known as a sensitive virtuoso on almost anything with strings on it and Wilson can be relied on as a rock steady percussionist; but the icing on the cake is the vocal interplay of Theessink and Wilson that really makes “PAY DAY” a terrific album.
“PAY DAY” is a twist of fate. These two guys had to meet and get together. Their vocal dialogues - be it blues, roots, folk or gospel - merge as if they had never done anything else.

For many, many years I’ve been wanting to work with Hans. It was one of the most beautiful experiences that I ever had as an artist. (Big Daddy Wilson).
I really enjoyed singing and playing with Wilson - we had a ball. Wilson and I had picked songs for the session – some old, some new, some borrowed. We had lots of fun cooking up our special musical stew with all the natural ingredients, spices and flavors - enjoy! (Hans Theessink).
Theessink and Wilson discovered the blues in completely different ways.
On the one hand there is the Dutch boy, who’s love and fascination for blues and roots-music got ignited when he heard Big Bill Broonzy on late night radio in his native Holland - a “white boy lost in the blues” who’s been on the blues trail for more than 50 years.
On the other hand, the North Carolina born African American who first got exposed to the music of his ancestors as a US soldier, stationed in Germany - a "stranger far from home" who has come full circle.

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Big Daddy Wilson - Hard Time Blues

Size: 123.0 MB
Time: 52:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Front & Back

01. Yazoo City (4:03)
02. The City Streets ( Ps.23 ) (4:32)
03. Hard Time Blues (4:57)
04. Poor Black Children (3:47)
05. Meatballs (2:56)
06. He Cares For Me (4:21)
07. Dearly Beloved (5:56)
08. New Born (3:31)
09. I Can't Help But Love You (3:46)
10. A Letter (3:58)
11. Maybe It's Time (3:33)
12. Testimony (3:00)
13. He Cares For Me ( Remix ) (3:53)

Big Daddy Wilson, the well-respected North Carolina-born bluesman, who made his name on the European scene with acclaimed albums like ‘Love Is The Key’ (2009) ‘Thumb A Ride’ (2011), ‘I’m Your Man’ (2013), ‘Time’ (2015) and 2017’s ‘Neck Bone Stew’ has walked a winding road to finally come to record these ‘Hard Time Blues’.

With the release of ‘Deep In My Soul’ in 2019, Daddy Wilson felt his music and career had come full-circle in style. “I see it as a journey,” he said of his incredible backstory. “It’s the journey of a man who found himself deep in this beautiful music called the blues and finally, after 25 years, made it back home…
But the road did not end there, and Wilson’s new album is taking things even a few steps further:

“Hard Time Blues – Is a reflection of the time we are living in right now and all the anxieties that life brings….Corona, Poverty, Injustice and other hardships. It also embraces the different styles of Big Daddy Wilson, Blues, Soul, R & B, Country and Gospel.

Like Willie Dixon says:” Blues is the Root, everything else is the fruit.”

My intent with this album was to show a more modern side of Big Daddy Wilson. To reach out a bit more, to use the Soul and R & B that has influenced me throughout the years. But I still wanted to be true to the blues and my spiritual roots.

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Big Daddy Wilson - Hard Time Blues EP

Size: 78 MB
Time: 12:58
File: FLAC
Released: 2021
Styles: Acoustic/Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Hard Time Blues (4:57)
02. Maybe It's Time (3:33)
03. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bonus Track) (4:28)

Big Daddy Wilson, the well-respected North Carolina-born bluesman, who made his name on the European scene with acclaimed albums like ‘Love Is The Key’ (2009) ‘Thumb A Ride’ (2011), ‘I’m Your Man’ (2013), ‘Time’ (2015) and 2017’s ‘Neck Bone Stew’ has walked a winding road to finally come to record these ‘Hard Time Blues’.

With the release of ‘Deep In My Soul’ in 2019, Daddy Wilson felt his music and career had come full-circle in style. “I see it as a journey,” he said of his incredible backstory. “It’s the journey of a man who found himself deep in this beautiful music called the blues and finally, after 25 years, made it back home…
But the road did not end there, and Wilson’s new album is taking things even a few steps further:

“Hard Time Blues – Is a reflection of the time we are living in right now and all the anxieties that life brings….Corona, Poverty, Injustice and other hardships. It also embraces the different styles of Big Daddy Wilson, Blues, Soul, R & B, Country and Gospel.

Like Willie Dixon says:” Blues is the Root, everything else is the fruit.”

My intent with this album was to show a more modern side of Big Daddy Wilson. To reach out a bit more, to use the Soul and R & B that has influenced me throughout the years. But I still wanted to be true to the blues and my spiritual roots.

The song “ HARD TIME BLUES” came to me by way of Eric Bibb and Glen Scott. A beautiful blues song, spiced with the spirit of Soul and R & B and blessed with the Mojo of Glen Scott. This song is also blessed with the Troubadour spirit: the story telling of the great Eric Bibb.

On May, 2021 we will be releasing the first EP with new tracks from the upcoming album by Big Daddy Wilson.

The third (bonus) track is a cover of the Dylan song Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright that Wilson did as a Corona/Covid in between thing for youtube.

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VA - Lockdown Sessions

Size: 234 MB
Time: 84:31
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

CD 1:
01 Tommy Schneller,Tomi Leino - Lockdown Blues (3:12)
02 Aki Kumar, Andreas Arlt - Can't Get Too Close (1:53)
03 Muddy Arlt, Micha Maas - Personal Shutdown (3:11)
04 Abi Wallenstein, Roger Wade - Death Letter Blues (4:51)
05 Fred Kaplan, Andre Werkmeister - Mean Old Quarantine (3:33)
06 Michael Van Merwyck, Victor Puertas - Low-Down Lockdown (4:24)
07 Roger Wade, Andreas Arlt, Jack O Roonie - Get Me Outta Here (2:17)
08 Timo Gross, Krissy Matthews, Micha Maass - Blow A Poor Man Down (3:38)
09 Christian Bleiming, Andreas Bock - Boogie Galore (2:28)
10 Little Victor, Roger Wade, Jack O Roonie - The Death Of Louisiana Red (4:07)
11 Andreas Arlt, Marion Wade, Micha Maass - Home Alone Stomp (2:59)
12 Kai Strauss, Aki Kumar, Fred Kaplan - World Crisis Blues (4:06)
13 Black Petti, Joe Felisko - Be Ready When He Comes (2:51)

CD 2:
01 Larry Garner, Michael Van Merwyk, Roger C. Wade - Why You Lie (3:58)
02 Nicolas Duportal, Víctor Puertas, Jack O Roonie, Andre Werkmeister - Hey Sweet Marie (2:33)
03 Abi Wallenstein, Víctor Puertas - Destination Mississippi (3:17)
04 Big Daddy Wilson, Veronica Sbergia, Víctor Puertas, Gary Winters, Tommy Schneller, Jurgen Wieching, Andre Werkmeister - Come See About Me (3:46)
05 Roger C. Wade, Andreas Arlt - I Know (2:44)
06 Tommy Schneller, Marion Wade, Jack O Roonie - Low-Down Lockdown (4:46)
07 Michael Van Merwyk, Ferdinand Kraemer - Get Me Outta Here (3:49)
08 Veronica Sbergia, Max De Bernardi, Joe Filisko - I Can Tell The World (2:36)
09 Christian Bleiming, Jack O Roonie, Micha Maass - Lockdown Shuffle (2:34)
10 Aki Kumar, Tomi Leino, Fred Kaplan - Everything Has Changed (4:24)
11 Nathan James, Víctor Puertas - Come What May (3:19)
12 Jens Turowski, Gary Winters, Tommy Schneller - Give Me My Heart Back (3:03)

This may be an authentic-sounding blues CD but it has emerged in a most unusual way courtesy of the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting social distancing and lockdown of normal activities, including live music and recording. As a result German-based British harmonica player Roger C. Wade got these tracks together with artists from eight countries sending their contributions via the internet. In fact some of the musicians had never actually met the people they are playing with! Roger first contacted other German blues players like guitarist Kai Strauss and saxophonist Tommy Schneller but then also added artists from the UK, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Finland and France. He then followed this by getting contributions from several top American players including Larry Garner, Fred Kaplan, Nathan James, Aki Kumar and Big Daddy Wilson.

There is a great variety of styles here from the jump blues of the opener 'Lockdown Blues' - "Strange times we live in, just keep keeping to yourself" to the Chicago band blues of 'Can't Get Too Close' and 'Personal Shutdown' which also both tell lockdown stories - "I've got to love my baby from six feet away..." Abi Wallenstein & Roger Wade do a nice acoustic cover of Son House's very appropriate 'Death Letter Blues' and there is more nice acoustic blues from Little Victor and Kai Strauss, with Black Patti and US harp star Joe Filisko closing the first CD with the low down and dirty 'Be Ready When He Comes'. CD2 starts with a bang with Larry Garner and company, Tommy Schneller blows a nice bluesy instrumental and Christian Bleiming plays beautiful boogie boogie piano. Big Daddy Wilson contributes some soulful gospel, as does the wonderful Veronica Sbergia on 'I Can Tell The World'. And the quality carries on right to the last tracks courtesy of Aki Kumar and Nathan James and especially Jens Turowski whose closing track 'Give Me My Heart Back' is one of the collections' many highlights. Roger deserves much praise for getting this collection of tracks together it is completely successful and I hope that it makes lots of money for the musicians involved. ~G.E. Harrison

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Big Daddy Wilson & Mississippi Grave Diggers - Get On Your Knees And Pray

Size: 133,9 MB
Time: 57:13
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2004
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Art: Full

01. San Francisco Bay (3:01)
02. Hand It Over (3:41)
03. Hard Times (3:09)
04. Help Me (6:35)
05. Railroad Worksong (3:55)
06. You Can Love Yourself (4:24)
07. Summertime (6:53)
08. Swing Low (4:27)
09. Big Boss Man (3:55)
10. Tell Ol' Bill (5:44)
11. Intro (0:59)
12. Summertime (Remix) (6:29)
13. Railroad Worksong (Remix) (3:54)

Big Daddy Wilson was born Wilson Blount in the small town of Edenton, North Carolina. He recalls “Me and my sisters were raised by mom and grandma. We lived a simple life, we went to church every Sunday, school on weekdays. I also worked back then on the tobacco plantation and in the cotton fields. I was a real country boy. I was extremely shy”. He sang in church but never professionally.

Jobs were scarce for a poor black teenager in the south and at the age of sixteen Wilson quit school to join the US Army. He was stationed in Germany but soon became homesick. Soldiers were allowed to go home to get married so he took advantage of the opportunity even though his impending wedding was nonexistent. After outstaying his furlough his mom begged him to return to the military and so he did. Soon afterwards he met a German girl, married and settled in Germany.

Wilson discovered the blues in Germany and began songwriting and jamming whenever he could. He released his debut “Get On Your Knees and Pray” with his band the Mississippi Grave Diggers in 2004.

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VA - 25 Years Anniversary Ruf Records

Source: CD
Size: 123.8 M
Time: 53:26
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Full

01 Ally Venable - Texas Honey (2:28)
02 Jeremiah Johnson - Straitjacket (4:12)
03 Bernard Allison - Backdoor Man (3:50)
04 Samantha Fish - Chills & Fever (3:19)
05 The BB King Blues Band - Lown Down (4:41)
06 Big Daddy Wilson - Deep In My Soul (4:38)
07 Mike Zito - First Class Life (4:03)
08 Vania Sky - Hard Working Woman (2:54)
09 Sandy Brown - Why Did You Hoodoo Me (5:13)
10 Michael Lee - Weeds (2:52)
11 Ina Forsman - Get Mine (3:59)
12 Victor Wainwright - Boogie Depression (3:31)
13 Katarina Peiak - She's Coming After You (3:30)
14 The Ragtime Rumours - Faker (4:11)

Pop the champagne: Ruf Records is 25. A lot has changed in rock ‘n’ roll since 1994. We’ve seen a thousand bands rise and fall. We’ve watched a hundred rock scenes blow up and burn out. All the while, Ruf has steadily evolved, from its roots as one man’s vision, to the most respected blues/rock label around, with a roll-call of talent to top any independent on the planet. And if that sounds like a bold statement, you’re holding the proof in your hands…

Of course, Thomas Ruf didn’t expect any of those accolades back in 1994. Back then, Ruf’s charismatic founder and leader created the label simply to give the legendary Chicago bandleader Luther Allison a platform to release some of the best albums of his career. Tragically, Luther himself was lost to cancer in 1997, but Ruf Records never missed a beat, continuing to develop some of the brightest talent in America, Britain, Europe and beyond, while always retaining its fearsomely independent spirit.

Walter Trout, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Mike Zito, Jeff Healey, Savoy Brown, Dana Fuchs, Bernard Allison, Samantha Fish and many more. To anyone with even a passing interest in quality blues, the Ruf roster since 1994 reads like a hall of fame, taking in legends, supergroups and bright young talents. As such, when it came to compiling this special 25th anniversary release, the songs selected by Thomas across these CD and DVD Sampler are all killer, no filler.

Twenty-five years. It’s been quite a ride, with one hell of a soundtrack. So here’s to the story so far – and the next twenty-five years...

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Big Daddy Wilson - Deep In My Soul

Source: CD
Size: 104,2 MB
Time: 44:33
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Acoustic/Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Full

01. I Know (3:12)
02. Aint Got No Money (3:15)
03. Mississippi Me (3:35)
04. Trippin On You (4:25)
05. I Got Plenty (4:09)
06. Hold On To Our Love (3:15)
07. Deep In My Soul (4:38)
08. I'm Walking (4:16)
09. Crazy World (5:23)
10. Redhead Stepchild (4:06)
11. VooDoo (3:22)
12. Couldn't Keep It To Myself (0:49)

Recorded at Bessie Blue Studios in Stantonville, TN in December 2018 Additional recordings at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL.

Big Daddy Wilson was born more than 50 years ago in a small town called Edenton, North Carolina. The population of Edenton counts less than 6000, 55% African Americans, 25% below the poverty line. “We were very poor but I had a very beautiful childhood“, Wilson remembers. “Me and my sisters were raised by Mom and Grandma. We lived a simple life, we went to church every Sunday, school on weekdays. I also worked back then on the tobacco plantation and in the cotton fields, I was a real country boy.“ Wilson sang in church but he never thought about going on stage. “I was extremely shy.“ His guardians meant well for the fatherless boy and they often sent him to church also during the week. “That won´t hurt him, keeps little Wilson away from drugs and off the streets.“

Young Wilson quit school at 16, and sometime later joined the US Army. Being a poor black man in the south and living in a small town, jobs were scarce. After being stations in Germany, the young man became homesick. “I found out the quickest way to go back home was to see that you got married. They’ll allow you a vacation time about two weeks to go home to get married. Wilson convinced his officers of his impending wedding and returned Stateside, refusing to return to Germany. After six weeks his mom was so worried that she begged him to go back to the military. “And so I was back in Germany.“

A few years later Wilson met a German girl who became his wife. She is the reason for him staying and also the reason for a poem which became Wilson´s first song.

And then Wilson heard the blues for the first time. Back in Edenton he had listened to music only in church and from the local, country radio station. But now he went for the first time to a real blues concert. “I met the blues here in Germany. I didn’t know what the blues was before“ Big Daddy Wilson says. “It was here that I found a part of me that was missing for so long in my life.“ It did not take long and the shy guy who had written some poems started looking for melodies. He went on stage, jammed all over the German blues scene and made an impression with his warm and soulful voice. He began touring with bands and as a duo and even released a few records. “My sister came all the way to see me perform and she couldn’t believe it. No, that’s not my brother. It seems like all my shyness was gone – thanks to my music. “

Champion Jack Dupree, Louisiana Red, Eddie Boyd... many musicians who made Europe their home and brought the blues with them succeeded here better than in the U.S. Even Luther Allison lived in Europe for 14 years before his big break.
And now there´s Big Daddy Wilson, an American singer and songwriter who found his home in northern Germany. But something is different regarding Big Daddy Wilson. When he came over from the U.S. there was no blues in his baggage. He initially discovered the blues here in Germany which is where he will begin his international career.

With his international solo debut on RUF Records Big Daddy Wilson is going to take one step further in his late career as a musician. For “Love Is The Key“ he recorded his own songs exclusively with a small band; taking it back to the roots, often reduced to acoustic instruments, but always full of soul. You can listen to his very first song here,“ Anna“ the song about his wife. Gospel is the foundation for “Keep Your Faith In Jah“, but this doesn’t keep the songwriter Wilson from praising the talents of a gypsy queen from New Orleans, “Jazzy Rose“. In “Hard Days Work“, Big Daddy uses monotone drones for hypnotic effects on the listener, while breezy off beats Jamaica-style let “Dreaming“ to swing along. Autobiographic aspects can be found elsewhere: “Ain´t No Slave“reminds us of the African-American history and at the same time makes us aware of Wilson’s grown confidence. His good friend Eric Bibb guests on two songs about Wilson’s roots ,”Country Boy” , “Walk A Mile In My Shoes”. He’s very proud of Bibb´s presence because “I’ve learnt so much from him,” says Wilson.

The fruits of this learning can be tasted on Big Daddy’s imminent European Tour. Does he dare to imagine that he could take this music all the way back to his roots in North Carolina?

“That’s a dream, but one that makes me nervous“ the Father of three laughs; it’s clear that his homesickness is gone – along with his shyness.

Did you get this elsewhere? Do a favor to yourself, delete it. Replace it for this one.
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Big Daddy Wilson - Songs From The Road

Size: 176,9 MB
Time: 77:17
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Wake Up (Live) ( 3:16)
02. Drop Down Here (Live) ( 6:43)
03. Miss Dorothy Lee (Live) ( 5:47)
04. Texas Boogie (Live) ( 9:57)
05. Ain't No Slave (Live) ( 7:50)
06. Anna Mae (Live) ( 6:38)
07. Walk A Mile In My Shoes (Live) (10:22)
08. Cross Creek Road (Live) ( 3:39)
09. Neckbone Stew (Live) ( 5:40)
10. 7 Years (Live) ( 4:48)
11. Baby Don't Like (Live) ( 9:20)
12. I Just Need A Smile (Live) ( 3:12)

Personnel:
Big Daddy Wilson: Vocals, Dobro, Diddley Bow
Cesare Nolli: Guitar, Back Vocals
Paolo Legramandi: Bass, Back Vocals
Nik Taccori: Drums, Back Vocals
Ezo Messina: Keyboard, Piano

No matter where Big Daddy Wilson travels on this big, beautiful, mixed-up planet of ours, he takes the South with him. Listening to the soulful storytelling of the man born Wilson Blount in a small town in the Inner Banks region of North Carolina, it's impossible not to conjure images of dusty back roads, cypress groves, a Saturday night juke joint or Sunday morning revival meeting. It's a nostalgic and some might say glorified image of rural America. Yet in an age of ruthless demagogues and divisive politics, Big Daddy Wilson chooses to celebrate the simple things that bond us as human beings a smile, a shared meal, a helping hand along with cherished values like faith, perseverance and devotion to family. For more than two decades, he has been carrying his message of hope and unity to each and every show, whether in New York, Paris, Auckland or in the case of his new live album Songs From The Road the village of Rubigen in central Switzerland. The concert recorded at the Mühle Hunziken exemplifies Wilson's uncanny ability to connect with an audience. The key ingredients are honesty, his natural charisma and the sheer power of his voice. This performance from the fall of 2017 is a testament to just how far the American ex-pat and former soldier has come since answering a newspaper ad and summoning the courage to sing "Stormy Monday" for a group of young German blues musicians way back in the 1980s. He's ably supported by a tight and versatile four-piece unit comprising Cesare "Smokestack" Nolli (g), Paolo Legramandi (b), Nik Taccori (dr) and Enzo Messina (k). A band that backs Big Daddy Wilson always has to be at the top of its game, because his music isn't any one thing. From song to song, it may transform into something hard-driving or laid-back, funky or bluesy, joyful or brooding, stripped down or supercharged. "I tried to give my listener a small view of the journey, the good, the bad, the highs and the lows," explains Wilson in the liner notes to the album. He and the band open the set sounding figuratively uptown: "Wake Up" is a steady grooving call to action, "Drop Down Here" a reggae-tinged plea for help from the man upstairs, "Miss Dorothy Lee" a guitar-fueled tribute transported on a Bo Diddley-like rhythm. The bawdy blues of "Texas Boogie" gives way to the dead serious testifying of "Ain't No Slave." Then it's time for a little side trip to the countryside: "Anna Mae" and, later, "Cross Creek Road," are sun-drenched and pastoral. The band picks up steam again on "Neckbone Stew," ultimately climaxing with the earthy "Baby Don't Like." The twelve-song live CD closes with the eloquent simplicity of "I Just Need A Smile." As usual with the long-running Songs From The Road series, there are visuals as well. The accompanying DVD in the two-disc set includes 15 songs in all and offers a good long look at Big Daddy Wilson in action. It opens with the familiar gospel blues of "John The Revelator" and closes with something he revealingly calls his "Country Boy Medley." But don't expect to see him standing onstage in overalls and work boots. As always, Wilson is nattily attired in fine threads, a short-brimmed hat and the ubiquitous pair of dark shades. Some years ago, Big Daddy Wilson told an interviewer that the main reason he wears sunglasses onstage is his inherently shy nature. "I'm no entertainer," he claimed at the time. Songs From The Road delivers some pretty strong evidence to the contrary. And yet, in a certain way, he's right. Wilson's music like Wilson himself is real. It's honest. At no point is this man ever putting on a show. "Im just interested in singing, getting my message out and feeling the people and hoping I can make them feel me."

Songs From The Road

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Big Daddy Wilson, Vanessa Collier, Si Cranstoun - Blues Caravan 2017

Size: 170,7 MB
Time: 72:45
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Unchain My Heart (4:32)
02. Tongue Tied (Vanessa Collier) (8:18)
03. Poisoned The Well (Vanessa Collier) (4:14)
04. Two Parts Sugar, One Part Lime (Vanessa Collier) (3:45)
05. All Around The World (Si Cranstoun) (3:06)
06. Coupe De Ville (Si Cranstoun) (4:40)
07. Run Free (Si Cranstoun) (3:33)
08. Cross Creek Road (Big Daddy Wilson) (4:39)
09. Walk A Mile In My Shoes (Big Daddy Wilson) (9:57)
10. Country Boy Soul Medley (9:42)
11. You're Gonna Make Me Cry (4:00)
12. I Wanna Know Why (4:10)
13. Bring It On Home To Me (4:34)
14. Twistin' The Night Away (3:27)

Take a floor-filling London soul man. Add a golden-voiced Southern States storyteller. Throw in a fast-rising Philadelphia based singer/saxophonist. Then hold on to your hats. Recorded at the 14th February 2017 in the Hirsch Club in Nuernberg, the most varied Blues Caravan comes back to life.

You can rely on Si Cranstoun to move your feet. Inspired by the vintage soul of Jackie Wilson and Sam Cooke, this charismatic British bandleader has graduated from an apprenticeship busking on the streets of London to the head of the vintage R&B scene. You hear hip-shaking original material from last year’s acclaimed Old School album – plus fan-favourite singles like “Coupe De Ville” – delivered in a voice like sunshine. “It’s most important that I don’t come off as an imitator,” Si explains, “and also that the song I’m singing has a kick-ass melody, whether it’s my own or on loan. I love to play ‘Old School’, ‘Coupe De Ville’ and ‘Run Free’, as they get the crowd going.

Some say that great American bluesmen are a dying breed. They’re wrong – and Big Daddy Wilson is the proof. Born in North Carolina, his astonishing backstory includes several years of service in the US Army, followed by his discovery of the blues and relocation to Germany. In 2009, Wilson’s Ruf debut Love Is The Key showcased a voice that could stop traffic, and since then, his career highlights have included victory at the 2010 German Blues Challenge and recognition for his acoustic work with the title of Best Blues Artist at the 2014 Blues In Germany Awards. “For my Blues Caravan performance,” he says, “you can expect that I’ll be true to the BDW storytelling vibe and having a lot of fun. What’s very important to me is to be able to connect with people. Write songs that everyone can relate to and make someone smile.”

Vanessa Collier is going places. A graduate of the Berklee College Of Music, Vanessa’s pure vocals and stinging saxophone work saw her light up stages as part of Joe Louis Walker’s band, while her 2014 debut album Heart Soul & Saxophone was declared “magnificent” on Dan Aykroyd’s blues radio show winning her accolades as a Best of 2014 Blues Breaker. With her original songs and onstage charisma, Vanessa’s set is a high point of the Blues Caravan, while she’s looking forward to turning up the heat alongside her fellow performers. “I think that wonderful things happen when you get more than one artist in a room,” she explains. “With Big Daddy Wilson, Si Cranstoun and me, we all have our own styles and personalities onstage that will meld well together.

Blues Caravan 2017

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Big Daddy Wilson Trio - Live In Europe: From Bremen To Paris

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:01
Size: 167.2 MB
Styles: R&B, Electric blues
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[4:09] 1. I Got To Move
[4:56] 2. John The Revelator
[4:40] 3. Stranger
[6:55] 4. Texas Boogie
[4:49] 5. Baby's Coming Home Again
[3:44] 6. I Wanna Be Your Man
[5:31] 7. Anna Mae
[5:09] 8. Intercity Train
[6:44] 9. Drop Down Here
[4:00] 10. Show Dog
[7:15] 11. Ain't No Slave
[8:06] 12. Baby Don't Like
[6:56] 13. True Love

The class of the North Carolina-born musician wonderfully sums up Eric Bibb, with whom he recorded his latest CD "Time": "Wilson's voice was baptized in the flow of African-American music - a voice with the power to heal. He brings forth his spiritual songs, blues, country and soul repertoire in his unique, profound way". Over the years, Big Daddy Wilson has developed a truly impressive program of mostly original material and released 9 CDs. His albums are rated equally in the reviews, as well as by the audience with top marks. Live is Big Daddy Wilson an event! "Goosebumps feeling" pure!

He is accompanied by two top musicians: guitarist Roberto Morbioli, who also has a worldwide success with his own band MORBLUS, as well as bassist Paolo Legramandi, who among others. with Mighty Mo Rodgers, Zucchero and John Lee Hooker. This trio guarantees an emotional concert experience! (Translated from German.)

Live In Europe

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VA - Dixiefrog: 30 Years, 30 Songs

Size: 285,4 MB
Time: 121:43
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Blues, Rock, Folk
Art: Front

01 Eric Bibb - Silver Spoon (4:21)
02 Harrison Kennedy & Colin Linden - Walkin' Or Ridin' (3:18)
03 Big Daddy Wilson & Eric Bibb - Bullfrog (4:15)
04 Popa Chubby - I'm Feelin' Lucky (4:01)
05 The Delta Saints - From The Dirt (3:30)
06 Mighty Mo Rodgers - Unmarked Grave (2:13)
07 Guy Davis - Cool Drink Of Water (3:53)
08 Leyla McCalla - Heart Of Gold (2:59)
09 Neal Black - Gringo Bring Me Your Guns (4:46)
10 Eric Bibb & Jean-Jacques Milteau - Bourgeois Blues (Studio) (3:18)
11 Dom Flemons - Have I Stayed Away Too Long (3:13)
12 Eric Ter - The Fella (3:32)
13 Fred Chapellier - Gary's Gone (4:14)
14 Imperial Crowns - I Gotta Right (3:14)
15 Little Bob Blues Bastards - Only Liars (4:04)
16 Balkun Brothers - Been Drivin' (3:31)
17 The Delta Saints - Liar (2:55)
18 Popa Chubby - Stoop Down Baby (5:51)
19 Malted Milk - Hope She Believes In Me (4:30)
20 Fred Chapellier - A Silent Room (5:35)
21 Larry Garner - Broken Soldier (5:50)
22 Nico Wayne Toussaint - How Long To Heal (3:51)
23 Popa Chubby - Sweat (5:29)
24 Nico Duportal & The Rythm Dudes - I Will Unfriend You (2:45)
25 Yana Bibb - Bessie's Advice (3:43)
26 Tom Principato - The Rain Came Pourin' Down (7:42)
27 Neal Black - Saints Of New Orleans (5:06)
28 Leyla McCalla - Mesi Bondye (2:21)
29 Eric Bibb, North Country Far & Danny Thompson - Tossin' An' Turnin' (3:33)
30 Mathis Haug - We'll Get There By Dawn (3:54)

Dixiefrog: 30 Years, 30 Songs

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Big Daddy Wilson - Neckbone Stew

Size: 115,0 MB
Time: 48:58
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Electric/Acoustic Blues
Art: Full

01. Cross Creek Road (3:01)
02. 7 Years (4:06)
03. Nackbone Stew (5:40)
04. I Just Need A Smile (3:13)
05. Tom Cat (3:02)
06. He'll Make A Way (3:56)
07. Give Me One Reason (4:23)
08. Running Shoes (4:53)
09. My Babe (4:18)
10. Damn If I Do (3:18)
11. Cookies Gonna Kill Me (1:39)
12. The River (4:25)
13. Peanut Butter Pie (2:58)

Take a Cadillac ride through the Southern States and you’ll hear a thousand flavours of music on the breeze. Listen to Neckbone Stew and you’ll hear them expertly stirred into one record. “It’s a mixture of all the spices and good stuff you’ll find in most Southern kitchens,” says the award-winning US bluesman Big Daddy Wilson. “To make a good stew, you need a little bit of everything, and this was the idea I went with for my new CD. A beautiful mélange of blues, spiritual, roots, soul and reggae. I just felt like mixing it up this time.” Released in 2017 on Ruf Records, Neckbone Stew is the latest twist in a fascinating life story. Wilson was raised a “real country boy” in Edenton, North Carolina, but fate had other plans. By 1979, the young Southerner had escaped the grinding poverty of his hometown, enlisting in the US Army and relocating to Germany, where he fell for the raw power of live blues. “I met the blues here,” he remembers. “I didn’t know what the blues was before. It was here that I found a part of me that was missing for so long in my life.” Wilson had sung in church as a child – a precaution by his mother and grandma to keep him “away from drugs and off the streets” – but his natural shyness meant he’d never considered stepping onstage. Now, he discovered a talent for songwriting and an unmistakable voice that soon won praise from the iconic Eric Bibb: “As soon as you hear Big Daddy Wilson’s voice, whether speaking or singing, you hear his southern country roots. It’s a voice baptised in the river of African-American song, a voice with the power to heal”. That’s a sentiment echoed by the thousands who have watched the Big Daddy Wilson Trio perform on stages across the USA, Europe and Southern Hemisphere over the last two decades. Working from his adopted home in Germany, meanwhile, the expat bandleader has also earned acclaim for studio albums like 2009’s Love Is The Key, 2011’s acoustic Thumb A Ride, 2013’s I’m Your Man and 2015’s Time. And yet, according to the man in the hat, Neck Bone Stew is the jewel in his back catalogue. “For me,” he says, “it sits on top. The latest is always the greatest. I was in the mood, like John L. Hooker said.” If Neck Bone Stew brings together a variety of genres, then it also unites a dream-team of musicians who helped these 13 songs soar. Led by the multi-instrumental talents of Wilson himself on vocals, guitar and percussion, long-standing Trio members Cesare Nolli (guitar) and Paolo Legramandi (bass) brought fire and flair to sessions at Italy’s Fire Place Room. “These guys are just incredible musicians and great to work with,” reflects the bandleader. “I have some special guests, too. The phenomenal Ruthie Foster. Mr. Staffan Astner. One of my blues heroes, the great Eric Bibb. And this CD is produced by the Goosebumps Brothers. It was a piece of cake – or should I say, Cookies Gone Kill Me. Thanks to the local café who supplied all the cookies…” As for the songs, they run the gamut. There’s the rolling acoustic blues of Cross Creek Road. The exuberant brass lines, wah guitar and bad-luck lyric of 7 Years. The melancholy clipped chords of Damn If I Do, with its depiction of a lover brought his knees (“You got your hooks so deep in my heart/You got me crawlin’, but still you won’t stop”). The album’s musical variety, meanwhile, is exemplified by the magical moment when the title track switches from an aching slide-blues into a reggae strut, with lyrics describing a lover who “got them big old hips, look just like two battleships”. Wilson is equally adept on the sun kissed balladry of I Just Need A Smile, which pairs lush chords with a lyric that implores us to ditch our gadgets and reengage with our humanity. “It’s all about life,” decides the bandleader of the album’s subject matter. “But there are two things you need in a good blues CD – a woman and some food.” At a time when most mainstream music fails to satisfy, Neckbone Stew will give Big Daddy Wilson’s growing army of global fans the soul food they’ve been craving. “Throughout my career and journey,” he reflects, “I’ve been influenced and inspired by so many different and talented people, places and things. And somehow I wanted to bring it all together on this album. To put it all in the Stew…”

Neckbone Stew

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Big Daddy Wilson - I'm Your Man (Bonus Track Version)

Size: 114,6 MB
Time: 49:40
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Acoustic Blues
Art: Front

01. Travelin' Blues (2:53)
02. Hold The Ladder (3:49)
03. I'm Your Man (4:09)
04. I Wanna Be Your Man (2:40)
05. My Day Will Come (3:17)
06. Please (2:59)
07. Hurricane (4:51)
08. Oh Carolina (3:27)
09. Born Loser (4:09)
10. Baby's Coming Home Again (3:08)
11. Show Dog (3:11)
12. I'm So Glad (5:18)
13. When It Rains (Bonus Track) (5:42)

Born in North Carolina but a long-time resident of Germany where he has become a major figure on the blues scene, Big Daddy Wilson started work as a musician at a relatively late age but is now making up for lost time with this, his second solo album. Backed by a small Swedish band, his warm soulful voice voice can be heard on twelve original songs including one specially written for him by Eric Bibb As Wilson says: If you like blues, roots and soul then I'm Your Man

I'm Your Man

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Big Daddy Wilson & Doc Fozz - 2 albums: Doin' It Right / Walk A Mile In My Shoes

Big Daddy Wilson was born less than 50 years ago in a small town called Edenton, North Carolina. The population of Edenton counts less than 6000, 55% African Americans, 25% below the poverty line. “We were very poor but I had a very beautiful childhood“, Wilson remembers. “Me and my sisters were raised by Mom and Grandma. We lived a simple life, we went to church every Sunday, school on weekdays. I also worked back then on the tobacco plantation and in the cotton fields, I was a real country boy.“ Wilson sang in church but he never thought about going on stage. “I was extremely shy.“ His guardians meant well for the fatherless boy and they often sent him to church also during the week. “That won´t hurt him, keeps little Wilson away from drugs and off the streets.“

Young Wilson quit school at 16, and sometime later joined the US Army. Being a poor black man in the south and living in a small town, jobs were scarce. After being stationed in Germany, the young man became homesick. “I found out the quickest way to go back home was to see that you got married. They’ll allow you a vacation time about two weeks to go home to get married. Wilson convinced his officers of his impending wedding and returned Stateside, refusing to return to Germany. After six weeks his mom was so worried that she begged him to go back to the military. “And so I was back in Germany.“

A few years later Wilson met a German girl who became his wife. She is the reason for him staying and also the reason for a poem which became Wilson´s first song. And then Wilson heard the blues for the first time. Back in Edenton he had listened to music only in church and from the local, country radio station. But now he went for the first time to a real blues concert. “I met the blues here in Germany. I didn’t know what the blues was before“ Big Daddy Wilson says. “It was here that I found a part of me that was missing for so long in my life.“ It did not take long and the shy guy who had written some poems started looking for melodies. He went on stage, jammed all over the German blues scene and made an impression with his warm and soulful voice. He began touring with bands and as a duo and even released a few records. “My sister came all the way to see me perform and she couldn’t believe it. No, that’s not my brother. It seems like all my shyness was gone – thanks to my music. “

Champion Jack Dupree, Louisiana Red, Eddie Boyd... many musicians who made Europe their home and brought the blues with them succeeded here better than in the U.S. Even Luther Allison lived in Europe for 14 years before his big break. And now there´s Big Daddy Wilson, an American singer and songwriter who found his home in northern Germany. But something is different regarding Big Daddy Wilson. When he came over from the U.S. there was no blues in his baggage. He initially discovered the blues in Germany which is where he would begin his international career.

On Guitar, Wilson is given the groovy support of his partner, friend and bassplayer, Wolfgang Doc Fozzí Feld. Staying with the Motto: Keeping it simple, this is all you need to enjoy this extraordinary voice of Big Daddy Wilson.

Album: Doin' It Right
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 76:41
Size: 175.5 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[4:10] 1. Ain't No Slave
[4:29] 2. Doin' It Right
[5:03] 3. Keep On Trying
[5:52] 4. Why
[5:45] 5. True Love
[2:52] 6. Snow Dog
[3:15] 7. Alberta
[4:07] 8. Walkin Blues
[4:16] 9. The Rest Of My Life
[5:34] 10. Rail Road Worksong
[4:50] 11. Intercity Train
[3:36] 12. Summertime
[4:31] 13. Summertime Band
[6:17] 14. Big Boss Man
[6:03] 15. Where You Been So Long
[5:55] 16. Thanks For The Night

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Album: Walk A Mile In My Shoes
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:07
Size: 126.2 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[5:10] 1. Walk A Mile In My Shoes
[4:39] 2. Freight Train
[4:48] 3. On The Run
[4:46] 4. I Heard The Angels Singin
[3:56] 5. Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down
[1:35] 6. This Little Light Of Mine
[3:24] 7. Please
[3:33] 8. Wanna Be Your Mom
[2:21] 9. Two Little Nice Ones
[4:02] 10. Hurricane
[4:56] 11. Crazy World
[2:56] 12. Right Or Wrong
[5:23] 13. Brother Blood
[3:30] 14. Walking

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Big Daddy Wilson - Thumb A Ride

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 52:56
Size: 121.2 MB
Styles: Contemporary blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[2:51] 1. Thumb A Ride
[2:56] 2. Baby Don't Like It
[3:38] 3. This Is How I Live
[4:59] 4. Anna Mae
[3:44] 5. Sweet Tooth
[4:00] 6. It Don't Get No Better
[4:27] 7. Who's Dat Knocking
[3:31] 8. Four Daughters And A Strong Loving Woman
[4:18] 9. Cold Is The Wind
[4:19] 10. Drop Down Here
[4:16] 11. Way Back Yonder
[6:07] 12. Brother Blood
[3:45] 13. If You Were Mine

Big Daddy Wilson brings the blues from Germany to the United States Big Daddy Wilson is a black musician. He comes from Edenton, a small town located in North Carolina. Strangely though, he did not export the rhythm of blues from the US to Europe, as might be expected. His first-time blues muse got him in Northern Germany. And this is what makes this 50-year old singer exceptional.

Big Daddy Wilson's "Thumb a Ride" is his second release under Ruf Records. It's a fantastic piece of music and will surely find fans in his old home country as well. Big Daddy Wilson started his international career in 2009 by releasing his debut CD "Love Is the Key", exciting his audience and earning overwhelmingly positive critics. His above-mentioned new album "Thumb a Ride" was released right after that. Together with his two guitarist Jochen Bens and Michael van Merwyk, Big Daddy composed and recorded twelve of the album's thirteen songs. The only cover version is "Brother Blood" by the Neville Brothers.

"Thumb a Ride" (total time: 53 minutes) takes the listener on quite a large-scale and exceptional journey through various styles of the acoustic blues. Soul, gospel, and the original blues can all be heard. Big Daddy Wilson himself says: "It ain't where you come from or where you going, man, it's the trip..," and the journey is the finish line. Wilson's voice, his trademark, just stands out throughout the entire CD.

Wilson's simply fantastic! Band members also include, next to the aforementioned guitar players, the contrabass player Andreas Müller and the percussions player Martin Esser. Appetizers: The fast-rhythm "Baby Don't Like It" (2), the melodious ballad "Anna Mae" (4) with a wonderful guitar solo and the final track "If You Were Mine" (13), with Andreas' contrabass weaved by Wilson's touching voice. Big Daddy's confident that the "Thumb a Ride" album will not only be a great success in Europe but will also break through in the US.

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Big Daddy Wilson Trio - Live In Europe: From Bremen To Paris

Size: 168,4 MB
Time: 73:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Art: Front

01. I Got To Move (4:09)
02. John The Revelator (4:56)
03. Stranger (4:40)
04. Texas Boogie (6:55)
05. Baby's Coming Home Again (4:49)
06. I Wanna Be Your Man (3:45)
07. Anna Mae (5:31)
08. Intercity Train (5:09)
09. Drop Down Here (6:44)
10. Show Dog (4:00)
11. Ain't No Slave (7:15)
12. Baby Don't Like (8:06)
13. True Love (6:56)

Recorded at Kito, Bremen on Dec 21st, 2013 and L'Onde, Vélizy-Villacoublay/Paris on Jan 22nd-23rd, 2014

Line-up:
Big Daddy Wilson - vocals, percussions, guitar, diddley bow
Roberto Morbioli - guitar & background vocals
Paolo Legramandi - bass & background vocals
Young Wilson quit school at 16, and sometime later joined the US Army. Being a poor black man in the south and living in a small town, jobs were scarce. After being stations in Germany, the young man became homesick. “I found out the quickest way to go back home was to see that you got married. They’ll allow you a vacation time about two weeks to go home to get married. Wilson convinced his officers of his impending wedding and returned Stateside, refusing to return to Germany. After six weeks his mom was so worried that she begged him to go back to the military. “And so I was back in Germany.“

A few years later Wilson met a German girl who became his wife. She is the reason for him staying and also the reason for a poem which became Wilson´s first song.

And then Wilson heard the blues for the first time. Back in Edenton he had listened to music only in church and from the local, country radio station. But now he went for the first time to a real blues concert. “I met the blues here in Germany. I didn’t know what the blues was before“ Big Daddy Wilson says. “It was here that I found a part of me that was missing for so long in my life.“ It did not take long and the shy guy who had written some poems started looking for melodies. He went on stage, jammed all over the German blues scene and made an impression with his warm and soulful voice. He began touring with bands and as a duo and even released a few records. “My sister came all the way to see me perform and she couldn’t believe it. No, that’s not my brother. It seems like all my shyness was gone – thanks to my music. “

Champion Jack Dupree, Louisiana Red, Eddie Boyd... many musicians who made Europe their home and brought the blues with them succeeded here better than in the U.S. Even Luther Allison lived in Europe for 14 years before his big break.
And now there´s Big Daddy Wilson, an American singer and songwriter who found his home in northern Germany. But something is different regarding Big Daddy Wilson. When he came over from the U.S. there was no blues in his baggage. He initially discovered the blues here in Germany which is where he will begin his international career.

With his international solo debut on RUF Records Big Daddy Wilson is going to take one step further in his late career as a musician. For “Love Is The Key“ he recorded his own songs exclusively with a small band; taking it back to the roots, often reduced to acoustic instruments, but always full of soul. You can listen to his very first song here,“ Anna“ the song about his wife. Gospel is the foundation for “Keep Your Faith In Jah“, but this doesn’t keep the songwriter Wilson from praising the talents of a gypsy queen from New Orleans, “Jazzy Rose“. In “Hard Days Work“, Big Daddy uses monotone drones for hypnotic effects on the listener, while breezy off beats Jamaica-style let “Dreaming“ to swing along. Autobiographic aspects can be found elsewhere: “Ain´t No Slave“reminds us of the African-American history and at the same time makes us aware of Wilson’s grown confidence. His good friend Eric Bibb guests on two songs about Wilson’s roots ,”Country Boy” , “Walk A Mile In My Shoes”. He’s very proud of Bibb´s presence because “I’ve learnt so much from him,” says Wilson.

The fruits of this learning can be tasted on Big Daddy’s imminent European Tour. Does he dare to imagine that he could take this music all the way back to his roots in North Carolina?

“That’s a dream, but one that makes me nervous“ the Father of three laughs; it’s clear that his homesickness is gone – along with his shyness.

Live In Europe

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Big Daddy Wilson - Live In Luxembourg At L'Inoui

Size: 180,9 MB
Time: 78:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Art: Front

01. Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down (Live) ( 6:04)
02. Drop Down Here (Live) ( 5:39)
03. Walk A Mile In My Shoes (Live) (10:04)
04. Who's Dat Knocking (Live) ( 5:40)
05. Stranger (Live) ( 4:25)
06. John The Revelator (Live) ( 4:52)
07. Thumb A Ride (Live) ( 3:51)
08. Anna Mae (Live) ( 6:12)
09. Texas Boogie (Live) ( 6:09)
10. Intercity Train (Live) ( 5:41)
11. This Is How I Live (Live) ( 5:08)
12. I Heard The Angel Sing (Live) ( 6:51)
13. Country Boy (Live) ( 7:21)

LIVE CD from Big Daddy Wilson, recorded at the legendary L'Inoui in Luxemburg in Dec 2012 with both trio and band formation.

Personnel:
Big Daddy Wilson - vocals & percussions
Roberto Morbioli - guitar & background vocals
Michael van Merwyk - guitar & background vocals
Detlef Blanke - bass & background vocals
Oliver Spanuth - drums

Big Daddy Wilson was born less than 50 years ago in a small town called Edenton, North Carolina. The population of Edenton counts less than 6000, 55% African Americans, 25% below the poverty line. “We were very poor but I had a very beautiful childhood“, Wilson remembers. “Me and my sisters were raised by Mom and Grandma. We lived a simple life, we went to church every Sunday, school on weekdays. I also worked back then on the tobacco plantation and in the cotton fields, I was a real country boy.“ Wilson sang in church but he never thought about going on stage. “I was extremely shy.“ His guardians meant well for the fatherless boy and they often sent him to church also during the week. “That won´t hurt him, keeps little Wilson away from drugs and off the streets.“

Young Wilson quit school at 16, and sometime later joined the US Army. Being a poor black man in the south and living in a small town, jobs were scarce. After being stations in Germany, the young man became homesick. “I found out the quickest way to go back home was to see that you got married. They’ll allow you a vacation time about two weeks to go home to get married. Wilson convinced his officers of his impending wedding and returned Stateside, refusing to return to Germany. After six weeks his mom was so worried that she begged him to go back to the military. “And so I was back in Germany.“

A few years later Wilson met a German girl who became his wife. She is the reason for him staying and also the reason for a poem which became Wilson´s first song.

And then Wilson heard the blues for the first time. Back in Edenton he had listened to music only in church and from the local, country radio station. But now he went for the first time to a real blues concert. “I met the blues here in Germany. I didn’t know what the blues was before“ Big Daddy Wilson says. “It was here that I found a part of me that was missing for so long in my life.“ It did not take long and the shy guy who had written some poems started looking for melodies. He went on stage, jammed all over the German blues scene and made an impression with his warm and soulful voice. He began touring with bands and as a duo and even released a few records. “My sister came all the way to see me perform and she couldn’t believe it. No, that’s not my brother. It seems like all my shyness was gone – thanks to my music. “

Champion Jack Dupree, Louisiana Red, Eddie Boyd... many musicians who made Europe their home and brought the blues with them succeeded here better than in the U.S. Even Luther Allison lived in Europe for 14 years before his big break.
And now there´s Big Daddy Wilson, an American singer and songwriter who found his home in northern Germany. But something is different regarding Big Daddy Wilson. When he came over from the U.S. there was no blues in his baggage. He initially discovered the blues here in Germany which is where he will begin his international career.

With his international solo debut on RUF Records Big Daddy Wilson is going to take one step further in his late career as a musician. For “Love Is The Key“ he recorded his own songs exclusively with a small band; taking it back to the roots, often reduced to acoustic instruments, but always full of soul. You can listen to his very first song here,“ Anna“ the song about his wife. Gospel is the foundation for “Keep Your Faith In Jah“, but this doesn’t keep the songwriter Wilson from praising the talents of a gypsy queen from New Orleans, “Jazzy Rose“. In “Hard Days Work“, Big Daddy uses monotone drones for hypnotic effects on the listener, while breezy off beats Jamaica-style let “Dreaming“ to swing along. Autobiographic aspects can be found elsewhere: “Ain´t No Slave“reminds us of the African-American history and at the same time makes us aware of Wilson’s grown confidence. His good friend Eric Bibb guests on two songs about Wilson’s roots ,”Country Boy” , “Walk A Mile In My Shoes”. He’s very proud of Bibb´s presence because “I’ve learnt so much from him,” says Wilson.

The fruits of this learning can be tasted on Big Daddy’s imminent European Tour. Does he dare to imagine that he could take this music all the way back to his roots in North Carolina?

“That’s a dream, but one that makes me nervous“ the Father of three laughs; it’s clear that his homesickness is gone – along with his shyness.

Live In Luxembourg At L'Inoui

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